Clifton A. F. Sprague, Vice Admiral, USN

Born 8 January 1896 - Died 11 April 1955

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Awards

Navy Cross for the 25 October 1944 action off Samar. Admiral Sprague was aboard the escort carrier, USS Fanshaw Bay during this engagement.

Legion of Merit Medal for his command of the USS ...

The Battle at the Bridge

The Revolutionary War

25 April 1781

In the late afternoon and evening of 24 April 1781, Virginia militia regiments of Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg’s Corps of about 1,000 men marched into Petersburg in order to counter an expected attack by the invading ...

Advance of the 17th A.C. Toward the River

July 4, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair’s 17th A. C. of McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee & Stoneman’s cavalry [US], moved from Sandtown rd. E. on this, the old Turner’s Ferry rd. to outflank Johnston’s Smyrna – Ruff’s Mill ...

Church of the Redeemer

The first Anglican church in Orangeburg Township

was established about 1750 by John Giessendanner,

and a chapel at Orangeburg was later provided by

the Act of 1768 that created St. Matthew's Parish.

Following a long dormant period, the Episcopal

Church ...

Fort Clark/The Bombardment of Fort Hatteras

Side A:Fort ClarkHatteras Inlet, defended by Forts Clark and Hatteras, was a strategic port of entry for troops and supplies providing deep water access to the vital intercoastal waterways. In later May of 1881, the Federal Blockade Board of Strategy ...

Gloucester World War II Monument

[ inscribed around the base of the globe ]

We Fought For Freedom Around The World

[ plaque on central column ]

Gloucester

Remembers

1941 – World War II – 1945

The people of Gloucester proudly dedicate this memorial to our citizens who served and sacrificed ...

Union Artillery 12 Pound Howitzers

At the time of the Battle of Fort Pillow, these two northern embrasures or openings in the parapet were fortified with 12 pound howitzers. This type of artillery was extremely effective in hilly country such as is found around Fort ...

The Ethnic Communities of Wyandotte County Sesquicentennial

1859 - 2009

In commemoration of the

ethnic communities present

in the new

Wyandotte County

created in 1859

Shawnee-Delaware • Wyandot • African • German

Irish • English • Scottish • Danish

1909

Within this 50 year span

the following ...

The Last Battle of the French and Indian War and Public Memory

[Top half of Marker]

Erected 1898 by the Piqua Chapter,

of the Daughters of the American

Revolution in commemoration of

the last Battle of the French and

Indian War, fought near this spot,

1763.

[Bottom half of Marker]

This monument ...

The Battle of Fountain Dale

Fountain Dale is located between Jack's Mountain and Beard's Hill, and is also connected to two major mountain gaps, Monterey Pass and Fairfield Gap, which would prove to be fighting ground all of it's own. Troops on both sides needed ...